Tag: Mental Health

  • March 25, 2024

    There’s something up. Last week, I forgot to do my hair in the morning. This morning, I forgot my car. We woke up early on Saturday morning. It was a couple hours of sleeping in, but it still nearly killed both of us. Saturday afternoon was spent in bed. I went to the shop in…

  • September 21, 2023

    On Monday, we did the most “big city” thing that I’ve ever done: rooftop yoga.

  • September 8, 2023

    It’s been over a week since I’ve been to the workshop. I was reminded that I’d been away when I got my box of new materials in the mail. The package has some weight to it.

  • July 2, 2023

    July 2, 2023

    Today, it was really important to me to clean my apartment. My girlfriend helped. She’s much more efficient than I am. Getting the space clean had to happen.

  • June 21, 2023

    June 21, 2023

    I was at a wedding over the weekend. I didn’t know anyone other than my girlfriend and a few of her friends. Needless to say, I met a lot of people.

  • June 11, 2023

    June 11, 2023

    I was hoping for more from today but I just have to accept that it was a slow day. It’s probably exactly what I needed today to be.

  • June 8, 2023

    June 8, 2023

    I had a sore throat when I woke up this morning. You know how sometimes you can feel yourself getting a little sick, even when you’re ignoring it? I didn’t have that this time. It was completely sudden.

  • April 19, 2023

    April 19, 2023

    I was listening to The Happiness Lab on my way to work this morning. I’ve been trying to listen my way through the podcast. I think I’m now only a year back. Anyway, this morning I was listening to an episode about burnout. I think I’m burnt out. It might have been only a couple…

  • I Burnt Out Three Weeks into the New Year, After 18 Months

    I Burnt Out Three Weeks into the New Year, After 18 Months

    I burnt out recently. Teachers are being asked to manage a lot right now in addition to the pressures of their lives outside of work. I thought I’d share my story.

  • CHRG: A watch more self-aware than a candle is or I was

    CHRG: A watch more self-aware than a candle is or I was

    My watch is powered by light. It’s a Citizen EcoDrive. I got it almost 13 years ago. A few years ago, I needed to change the battery so I sent it in for repair. This weekend, it kept flashing, “CHRG.”